i believe the conference should maintain our current sugar policy which will help protect american jobs. as the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, i'm freakily reminded that our system for delivering food aid abroad is an outdated vestige of the 1950s. let me say that chairman royce agrees with me. it takes far too long to take food it to starving people. it often harms agricultural markets in the countries we are trying to help. in these times of budget belt- tightening, we need to find a better, more efficient way to distribute aid. the provisions in title iii of the senate bill are modest, commonsense reforms that will help the u.s. save more lives with our overseas food assistance while ending inefficient practices that waste u.s. taxpayer dollars. while i support all of the food aid reforms included in the senate bill, i particularly 3008ort section which would in -- increase cash- assistance. specifically, this provision would allow our food aid programs to include up to 20% cash funding, which would allow the u.s. to use the most appropriate tools to respond t